Yohann Michel

"I came with an aircraft carrier"

Si quelqu'un a le temps, ce serait intéressant de regarder les différences de délais de réponse entre les différents pays européens...

Russians are providing military technology to Iranian proxies

“It is becoming increasingly hard to avoid the conclusion that the Trump administration has embarked on this operation without a plan, and is making it up as it goes along, as if they killed enough of the right people and destroyed enough Iranian assets everything would fall into place.”

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence The president and his advisers are in the grip of “victory disease.”

Donald Trump is pointing to missions in Iran “as if the excellence with which they have been conducted somehow constitutes a strategy in itself,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.

Why The Navy Should Retire TLAM-N The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, or TLAM, is named after the Tomahawk — a Native American axe. If you have ever seen a Western movie, the tomahawk [...]

I wrote this up in 2009 when there was a debate about whether to retire the nuclear-armed Tomahawk. One reason the Navy supported retirement was the concern of crashing nuclear-armed cruise missiles into countries like Japan and Korea.
www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/2025...

L'annonce officielle vient de tomber:"en vertu de l’article 108 de la Constitution, conformément au devoir religieux et à la foi en la présence de Dieu Tout-Puissant, lors de sa session extraordinaire d’aujourd’hui, l’ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei est nommé Guide suprême"

"Contrary to popular belief, rules of engagement are not some legal or ethical nicety (although crafting effective rules of engagement lean on both disciplines). Rather, rules of engagement are first and foremost an expression of strategy."

Orphaned Tactics Oops we did it again

“The war with Iran is little more than the joint targeting process unleashed. The Frankenstein’s monster that is the operational level of war, unsatiated after eating strategy, is now feasting on policy”. @bafriedman.bsky.social

Ukraine's Buntar-3 AI powered reconnaissance drone guided a missile strike on a Shahed storage, preparation, and launch base at Donetsk airport on March 7. The electric VTOL drone operates independently of satellite navigation with a 100km reliable range and up to 4-hour endurance. #Ukraine

Strike on a Russian Shahed storage and launch site at Donetsk airport on March 7 was corrected by Ukrainian Buntar-3 recon drone. The electric VTOL has 4-hour endurance and satellite-free navigation, working at depths of up to 100km.

Airstrike Hit Iranian Emergency Medical Base in Shiraz, Killing 20 Open-source evidence and satellite imagery show that the March 5 strike destroyed a first responders’ outpost in Zibashahr Park, leaving an identified military site 200 meters away untouched

Airstrike Hit Iranian Emergency Medical Base in Shiraz, Killing 20
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Ca va, dans ce sens là... on prend.

That's also why we need to find a solution, likely with at least two different NGF, to make sure that we don't waste money for the sake of industriels ego...
We need military hardware at least as much as industrial returns.

f Berlin was the genius on NatSec it sometimes wants to be, we would sit down with Paris right about now, figuring out a way to afford more than one PA-NG, and leverage this for FCAS. Alas.

Une excellente nouvelle pour nous tous, tant l'excellent travail des équipes de Tochnyi mérite non seulement d'être davantage suivi, mais surtout poursuivis et étendu (et pour cela il faut des sous... et donc un cadre pour les recevoir)

Mondes en guerre vol. 3 / Passés composés

Guerres oubliées / Binge éditions, avec Alexandre Jubelin

Ce n'est pas tous les jours qu'on a deux livres qui paraissent ! Mondes en guerre t. 3 en format poche+Guerres oubliées, 2 propositions très différentes pour parler des conflits du XIXe-XXe dans leur diversité et leurs héritages bien actuels, aujourd'hui dans votre librairie indépendante préférée

📸 T-64BV mod.2022 tank of the Ukraine's 31st Mechanized Brigade.

Avec plaisir !

Oui bon... Naval Group a un domaine de compétence a lui^^

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Gaullisme-punk.

Il nous faut une version longue de ce clip...

Et voici donc, avec un peu (beaucoup) de retard, l'épisode du jour avec @josephhenrotin1.bsky.social, évidemment un premier point d'étape sur ce qu'on peut dire de ce qu'a été cette guerre pour l'instant, et de la direction qu'elle semble prendre.

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En même temps, il y a un petit détail sur l'un des bidons qui ne laisse guère de doute...

Greek F-16s have arrived in Cyprus in response to Iranian drone attacks. Greece is also deploying two navy frigates to the region. #Iran

In the spirit of their close partnership as set out in Article 4 of the Treaty of Aachen, France and Germany have decided to enter into closer cooperation in the field of deterrence in response to the evolving threat landscape. France and Germany have established a high-ranking nuclear steering group that will act as a bilateral framework for doctrinal dialogue and the coordination of strategic cooperation, including consultations regarding the appropriate mix of conventional, missile defence and French nuclear capabilities. France and Germany have agreed to take first concrete steps beginning this year, including German conventional participation in French nuclear exercises and joint visits to strategic sites as well as development of conventional capabilities with European partners. France and Germany will also increase their ability, as Europeans, to manage escalation beneath the nuclear threshold – in particular in the fields of Early Warning and Air Defense and Deep Precision Strike.

This Franco-German cooperation is based on the shared understanding that the nuclear dimension of deterrence remains a cornerstone of European security, relying on US extended deterrence, including US nuclear weapons forward-deployed to Europe, and on the independent strategic nuclear forces of France and the United Kingdom, which have a deterrent role of their own and contribute significantly to the overall security of the Alliance. This Franco-German cooperation will add to, not substitute for, NATO’s nuclear deterrence and NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements, to which Germany contributes and will continue to contribute. France and Germany will continue to comply with their obligations under international law including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. In light of their strong commitment to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and Art. 42 (7) of the Treaty on European Union, Franco-German cooperation aims at strengthening the systems of collective security both countries belong to. It aims at enhancing Europe’s security as a whole. Special attention will be given to coordination with the United States, the United Kingdom, other Allies and NATO.

Joint declaration of President Macron and Chancellor Merz on closer Franco-German cooperation in the field of deterrence in response to the evolving threat landscape of 2 March 2026

www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/such...

Opinion: Trump's military doctrine is insular, with short military commitments The objective isn't invasion, it's low-risk opportunism

"The common thread connecting these operations is not escalation, but political opportunism: applying force only where the political and military costs appear low, in pursuit of quick wins that serve a limited foreign policy agenda.” @lanoszka.bsky.social